- Edna Manning
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Dr. Edna McDuffie Manning (1942–present) is the first, current, and only president of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. She also owns a ranch on which she raises limousin cattle.[1] In 2007 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame.[2]
Education and career
In February 1986, Dr. Manning became superintendent of the school district in Shawnee, OK. Facing a $1.2 million deficit, she reorganized the district's elementary schools, converting the small neighborhood schools into grade centers, each housing a single grade. This reorganization aroused strong feelings among some of the parents in the district, and resulted in several threats.[3]
In 1988 Dr. Manning was appointed President of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, opened to students in 1990. Dr. Manning was largely responsible for the building and development of this institution, supervising the selection of the inaugural faculty and the development of the curriculum.[4]
In honor of Dr. Manning's contributions to the school, the OSSM board of trustees unanimously voted in 2006 to rename the OSSM classroom building, previously called the Lincoln School, the Manning Academic Center.[5]
On the evening of 22 September 2007 at a ceremony in the Gaylord University Center on the Campus of Oklahoma Christian University, Dr. Manning was inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame.[6]
References
- ^ http://www.oklahomahealthcenter.com/secondary.php?module=news§ion=5&catid=12&id=90&archived=show
- ^ http://www.oklahomahealthcenter.com/secondary.php?module=news§ion=5&catid=12&id=90&archived=show
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/14/us/shawnee-journal-in-saving-schools-official-pays-price.html
- ^ http://www.oklahomahealthcenter.com/secondary.php?module=news§ion=5&catid=12&id=90&archived=show
- ^ http://www.ossm.edu/weekly/sep-15-2006.pdf
- ^ http://www.ossm.edu/weekly/sep-7-2007.pdf
External links
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